FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ The Team ~ May 21 2006

chaplaincare.navy.mil/selfhelp/ ^ | Chaplain Mitch Schranz

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

 

 

The Team

One of the very great virtues of our demo­cratic way of life is that our system encourages both individual initiative and group participa­tion. We are a nation of teams. In probably no other country in the world do people belong to so many groups engaged
in so many different projects.

All of us are members of many teams - our family, our job, our community, our church,
our recreational activity, our social circle, and many others..

Teamwork is co-operation put into practice. It is a positive attitude of mind that combines individual initiative with respect for others and an appreciation of the fact that one fouled-up play can spoil the efforts of the group. .. Team­work is the ability to follow as well as to lead. It is the knack of knowing how to be useful whether we are a humble substitute or the star performer. Everything we do in a group affects all the other members.
If we “let George do it,” we can become the “silent saboteurs of daily living”...

Teamwork is loyalty. It is believing in your job, your group, your community. We all know the person who takes a cynical attitude: “It’s a racket,” “what’s the use,” “Somebody will do it,” or “Nobody ever did anything for me ... We often hear people take these negative atti­tudes about groups with whom they are unable to co-operate. You will hear them say that such a group is a “clique” and that it does not do any good to try to work with them.

If we set our own goals and learn when to take advice and when to give it, we will soon be­come a member of the “clique” . . . Teamwork, above all, is the art of being unselfish. When we learn to put the group first, we will find both pleasure and profit for ourselves.

“Neither province, parish, nor nation; neighborhood, family, nor individual, can life profitably in exclusion from the rest of the world.” Ralph Tyler Flewelling

Chaplain Mitch Schranz

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier or National Guardsman
Feel alone or forgotten.
Please guide the people of Free Republic to
The FR Canteen Post Office
So they can e-mail a service man or woman today.
AMEN

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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to the start of today's
Guest Military Chaplain Service



Graphic tribute by our own Lady Jag

Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.

                                          


Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[GulfWar1Vet]

Hiya Tonk! :)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

To every service man or woman reading this thread.
Thank You for your service to our country.
No matter where you are stationed,
No matter what your job description
Know that we are are proud of each and everyone of you.

To our military readers, we remain steadfast in keeping the Canteen doors open.
The FR Canteen is Free Republics longest running daily thread specifically designed
to provide entertainment and morale support for the military.
The doors have been open since Oct 7 2001,
the day of the start of the war in Afghanistan.
We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT
Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
CLICK HERE TO FIND LATEST THREAD.



NOTE : CANTEEN MUSIC
Posted daily, and on the Music Thread,
Never requires a paid subscription to listen to.
It's always provided FREE,
for the enjoyment
of our troops and visitors

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Hey Brother

PS You are also #1

[stephenjohnbanker]

AMEN

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, they're fighting for our Freedom.

Prayers going up.

[tongue-tied]

Dang...there goes my 1000 winner post. LOL...Thanks for the new one though Tonk.

[GulfWar1Vet]

I am? LOL

I hope I won't be yelled at for being #1 :D

I apologize! ;)

[stephenjohnbanker]

: )

[HiJinx]

Apologize?

Why?

Troops and Vets are always #1 in our book!

[Lady Jag]

Bless those who fight to keep us free

[Gucho]

Thanks for the ping Tonk.

[GulfWar1Vet]

hehe..not meant that way apologize...

Isn't there a scramble to be #1 on Tonk's threads? :D

[The Mayor]

May 21, 2006

Unchained By The Cross

READ: Matthew 27:33-50

God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. —Romans 5:8 n ancient Greek mythology, the hero Prometheus was captured and chained to a mountain peak, where he was sentenced to stay forever. Each day, a giant eagle arrived to feast on his liver. Hermes came to him and said, “Do not hope for an end to your suffering until a god appears as your substitute in torment, ready to descend for you into the realm of Hades.” According to the myth, this was done by the wise and just god Chiron, who sacrificed himself for Prometheus and delivered him from torment.

This story is in some ways a picture of what happened for us the day Jesus died on the cross. Mankind was bound by sin, and there was no hope of escape unless God took our place. And that’s exactly what happened. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on our behalf and paid the penalty for our sin. He provided a way of releasing us from eternal punishment. Were we to write for a thousand days, we still could not express the meaning of Christ’s sacrifice for the sins of mankind. Its full significance is beyond our comprehension.

Have you confessed your sin and asked Jesus Christ to be your personal Savior? If not, there’s no better time than today. Trust in Him, and you will know what it means to be unchained by the cross. —David C. Egner

Amazing thought, that God in flesh
Would take my place and bear my sin;
That I, a guilty, death-doomed soul,
Eternal life might win.  —Anon

Step out of sin’s slavery and into salvation’s freedom—trust Christ. Bible in One Year: 1 Chronicles 13-15; John 7:1-27

[AZamericonnie]

LeeAnn Rimes~Amazing Grace

[AZamericonnie]

Good evening GulfWar1Vet...you got #1!:)

Thank you for your service to America.

[middie]

I don't recall if it was 1966 or '67, but my GIB (guy in back) came into a mid-morning briefing on what I learned was a Jewish holiday, sat down next to me and said that he just saw a protestant chaplain conducting a service for a group of Jewish officers and enlisted guys in the church hut. Although on a subconscious level I knew it was consistent with American life, but that was the first time I overtly recognized that only in a sublimely tolerant, multicultural and diverse society could such an anomalous event take place. With the exception of the British, I can't imagine that ever happening in any other nation's armed force in the field.